Share This:

Local residents staged a rally against deployment of Osprey aircraft in front of a gate at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa on Thursday. The white banner reads " Hold back Osprey deployment! Close Futenma Base immediately! "

Local residents staged a rally against deployment of Osprey aircraft in front of a gate at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa on Thursday. The white banner reads " Hold back Osprey deployment! Close Futenma Base immediately! "

An Osprey aircraft took off from the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, southern Japan Thursday, in its first flight from the base since the nine tilt-rotor military aircrafts were deployed there earlier this week.

An Osprey aircraft took off from the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, southern Japan Thursday, in its first flight from the base since the nine tilt-rotor military aircrafts were deployed there earlier this week.

Japan's Emperor Akihito talked with Malaysia's King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah while Empress Michiko spoke with Queen Haminah Hamidun during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Japan's Emperor Akihito talked with Malaysia's King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah while Empress Michiko spoke with Queen Haminah Hamidun during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Supporters of former South Korean comfort women who were forced to serve Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves during World War II, took part in a weekly rally against Tokyo near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday.

Supporters of former South Korean comfort women who were forced to serve Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves during World War II, took part in a weekly rally against Tokyo near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday.